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2013 Reading: Red Gold by Alan Furst

Red Gold by Alan Furst was a surprise to me because I’ve never read Furst before, although I’ve heard of him.

This novel tells the story of a former French filmmaker who, for a variety of reasons, becomes involved with the anti-German resistance during WW II. Except for the personal relationships that the protagonist maintains, with his ex-wife and another woman, the tale almost reads as pure history as we follow him through a series of exploits and narrow escapes.

I’ll need to read more Furst to see if I have a similar impression. In any case, it was definitely an enjoyable read.

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Clifford Garstang is a fiction writer and former international lawyer. His first novel, THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY, will be published in May 2019. His novel in stories, WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, won the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. He is also the author of a story collection, IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, and the editor of three anthologies, EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET, Volumes I, II, and III.

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